Moderation Effect of Physical Activity on the Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and General Distress: A Pilot Case Study in Arabic Countries

Moderation Effect of Physical Activity on the Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and General Distress: A Pilot Case Study in Arabic Countries

This study aimed to investigate the effects of the fear of COVID-19, level of physical activity, and gender on negative stress (distress) in an Arab population by means of structural equations based on partial least squares. The sample population comprised of 459 participants from four Arab countrie...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in psychology 2020-09, Vol.11, p.570085-570085
Hauptverfasser: Alsalhe, Tareq A, Aljaloud, Sulaiman O, Chalghaf, Nasr, Guelmami, Noomen, Alhazza, Dallal W, Azaiez, Fairouz, Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi
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Sprache:eng
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COVID-19
fear
gender
general distress
partial least square modeling
physical activity
Psychology
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Zusammenfassung:This study aimed to investigate the effects of the fear of COVID-19, level of physical activity, and gender on negative stress (distress) in an Arab population by means of structural equations based on partial least squares. The sample population comprised of 459 participants from four Arab countries (age = 33.02, SD = 8.46; = 237 women and = 222 men). The level of education was basic (
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.570085